Thanks everybody for the considerate questions. Listed below are my solutions:
Will Queta begin at middle this 12 months? If that’s the case, is he only a stop-gap measure till the Cs commerce or signal another person? Are you able to see him and Garza taking part in alongside one another in sure conditions or will Boucher be the extra possible operating mate for both one?
The middle rotation jogs my memory of a bunch of individuals lined up shoulder to shoulder. Then when the individual in cost asks for volunteers, everybody besides one individual takes an enormous step backwards, leaving a bewildered individual standing alone and all of a sudden tasked with much more duty.
Yeah, I do assume Queta will begin at middle, at the very least for stretches of the 12 months. However sure, I definitely hope that he’s both only a stopgap answer, or primed for a significant leap in his talents. Neemy is a superbly succesful bench large, preferrably the third or 4th possibility.
I don’t know a lot about Garza aside from he’s expert on offense and protection is …and journey. Boucher looks like a stretch 4 who can sometimes fill in as a smallball middle.
A part of me remains to be holding out hope that the staff will purchase one other true middle, however the different a part of me thinks this is likely to be Brad’s method of roster-tanking. We’ll see.
What’s your thought on the offensive identification of this staff? With out the gravity of JT, and bigs who’re plus shooters from deep, do you assume Joe and his workers will up the tempo and give attention to chopping and off-the-ball motion? That would appear to align extra with JBs strengths then taking part in in a gradual half court docket sport. If summer time league is any indication…which who can say, at the very least 1 member of the Celtics teaching workers was specializing in chopping and off the ball motion.
Clearly Jaylen goes to see his utilization improve, and I don’t thoughts that as a result of he can get plenty of reps in. I feel he works higher as a play finisher than as an offensive initiator, however why not let him make some errors and be taught from them on the fly?
With all that stated, from a pure manufacturing standpoint, I’d wish to see the ball initially in Derrick White’s palms extra. He makes good reads and heady performs and may discover cutters like JB or spray the ball out to the shooters.
I feel we would additionally see Pritchard do his finest Steve Nash impression the place he will get the ball into the tooth of the protection, turns his again on the web, and finds open shooters or cutters.
I’m all the time skeptical of the tempo and tempo guarantees as a result of each single coach that has lived has preached tempo in coaching camp and often by November the staff decides that they wish to gradual issues down a bit. Usually groups comply with the lead of the primary man. Brown’s sport is extra suited to getting up and down the court docket (in comparison with Tatum who likes to evaluate and probe), so we may see it work for some time. We’ll see.
OK, Worker No. 8 — right here’s a pupu platter of situations. How do you price their chance?
1. Brown and White every play not more than 55 video games, due to load administration or phantom accidents
2. Sam is traded
3. Boucher performs at the very least 60 video games
4. Tillman is wholesome and turns into our first large off the bench, relegating Garza to identify obligation
5. Baylor avoids a sophomore hunch
6. Hugo begins incomes common minutes after the All-Star break
7. None of different of our different three rookies performs greater than 12 video games with the massive membership
8. Pritchard repeats as 6MOTY
9. Simons remains to be a Celtic on the finish of the season
10. Walsh or Minnott emerges as a rotation participant; the opposite is passed by the commerce deadline
Oh, you need some early SWAGs from me? I’m yer huckleberry.
I predict that Hauser is NOT traded and Simons is. I simply really feel like Sam is a superb worth on his contract and Simons isn’t essentially in the long run plans. I imply, I wouldn’t wager something on this, however I really feel fairly strongly in regards to the Hauser half.
As for video games performed, I might assume that no person performs greater than 55 video games. Besides possibly Pritchard as a result of he’s a fitness center rat. That stated, I’m unsure if he wins 6MOTY once more, partially as a result of he may begin plenty of video games.
Realistically, given my above reply, I feel each younger participant will get at the very least a stretch of a dozen or extra video games the place they get to showcase themselves. That is an analysis 12 months and they’re all auditioning for roles past this 12 months. I don’t actually have plenty of foundation for this, however based mostly purely on vibes and wishful pondering, right here’s my energy rating of the youngsters.
Is 300 million in tax financial savings sufficient, or is Brad going to maintain tearing it down till they get underneath the luxurious tax? The non-tax MLE can be a pleasant possibility when Tatum returns.
Is possession and by proxy Brad’s actual objective to get underneath the tax line this 12 months and subsequent to reset the repeater tax penalties?
My prediction is sure, and he’s going to possible commerce Simons to get there if he can discover a buying and selling associate.
(Lumping these two comparable questions collectively)
The Celtics are so near getting underneath the first apron, I don’t see why they don’t discover their method underneath it by the tip of the 12 months. As you point out, getting underneath it opens up the flexibility to make use of the NTMLE and Bi-Annual Exception. Additionally they have extra commerce flexibility and have a better time utilizing the TPEs they created this summer time. Plus, they might restart the clock on the repeater taxes, which could matter to the brand new house owners.
The one method I can see them staying over the first apron is that if a can’t miss, no brainer deal turns into accessible for a participant that matches Tatum’s timeline going ahead. I wouldn’t put it previous Brad, however I’m not holding my breath both.
Does Payton Pritchard begin his 12 months?
I see this query lots and I can see the benefit of maintaining him in a super-sub state of affairs. Nevertheless, I feel he can tackle an even bigger position and I see Anfernee Simons final position as a microwave bench scorer on this league. So I are inclined to lean towards Pritchard beginning, particularly if Simons isn’t the long run reply.
Greetings from Costa Rica. Is there any probability Huge Al is contemplating “resting” this season (aka his time in OKC) and returning subsequent 12 months with Tatum totally recovered?
Greetings! I really like the creativity of this query. It jogs my memory of when Roger Clemens performed for the Astros and mainly stated he’s solely going to pitch dwelling video games. At instances I’ve puzzled if older gamers like Horford may take an identical stance (DNP-Outdated).
With that stated, I feel we have now to keep in mind that Horford will (and may!) do what’s finest for him and his household. If he needs to play one other 12 months for Golden State or no matter, he ought to. There’s no assure a 12 months of relaxation goes to make him come again any more energizing the subsequent 12 months. I really like Al and can all the time consider him as a Celtic, however I feel these days are over.
Are you going to place AI to the take a look at once more this 12 months? I’m curious whether or not AI has something insightful to say about this group since since there are much more variables than final 12 months.
If you’re utilizing AI ask it it if has something insightful to say.
AI means plenty of various things to folks, however with regards to sports activities writing, I’m in no way apprehensive about dropping my “job” to AI. What I’ve discovered is that the textual content/search AI instruments are largely like superior serps that produce Wikipedia stage analysis info. That’s fairly helpful for doing issues like refreshing my reminiscence on 1st and 2nd apron guidelines, however that doesn’t imply that it could actually produce clever evaluation about our favourite basketball staff in actual time.
If Simmons completely balls out, does he match with Jayson and Jaylen in ‘27?
I may see it occur. In truth, I predict that by January there’s going to be a motion amongst Celtics followers to encourage the staff to maintain him round long run. As I discussed above, I feel he’s a improbable sixth man scorer off the bench. The issue is the wage. If he’s prepared to take a pay minimize and re-sign underneath an inexpensive deal, I may definitely see him sticking round long run. With that stated, I don’t know if that’s in his finest pursuits
If Celtics purchase a participant however fail to introduce rhe participant to the general public in a press convention, ought to the participant purchase a home within the Boston space?
The straightforward reply is “no.” However I feel you really want to contemplate the worth of investing in actual property. So long as you may have good property managers and may leverage good debt, this is likely to be a great way to diversify their portfolios.
Simply questioning about Bassey now. Can we nonetheless have a spot for him on this staff? If not, I’m wondering what the rationale/causes have been to not preserve him? I assumed he performed very well in the summertime league and he’s nonetheless younger to maintain round and construct round. Ideas anybody?
Bassey strikes me as a man that is likely to be too good for the G-League however not an everyday rotation man within the NBA. There’s a cause he’s nonetheless accessible. With that stated, given the state of our large man rotation, I wouldn’t rule out an invitation to coaching camp and/or a spot on the 15 man roster if different strikes are made (like say, Tillman dumped for wage functions).
We’ve got 4 younger wings: Hugo, Walsh, Minott, Scheierman. Should you needed to choose one which was your wager to make our playoff rotation this 12 months and one which can be waived or traded by the tip of the season, who’s your choose for every and why?
I sort of coated this above, however I feel Hugo is right here for the long run, even when he isn’t essentially prepared for big minutes this 12 months. I may see Minott getting large minutes this 12 months, together with playoff minutes (or play-in minutes?).
I feel each Walsh and Scheierman get an opportunity a taking part in time this 12 months, however I may additionally see both one being a toss-in for commerce functions. Walsh particularly sort of wants to point out he belongs this 12 months.
In fact I may very well be utterly improper on all of that. See my Antoine Walker feedback from the open mailbag put up.
Who do you assume (and hope) is likely to be a pleasing shock? And who may disappoint? And why? Thanks
Actually any of the “children” may shock this 12 months. I feel followers are going to take pleasure in Minott’s dunks and Simons’ scoring. Tillman may shock folks simply by being serviceable (I’m not ruling it out).
As for disappointments, I’m not so certain. Individuals is likely to be anticipating Jaylen Brown to take one other leap, and he’s able to it, however there could also be some studying curve points there. In the end these lumps he takes may persuade him that being a celebrity 1B is a reasonably candy gig in the event you can stay with that.
Thanks once more for all the standard questions. I hope I both knowledgeable or entertained sufficient to do that once more someday. Cheers everybody!
